3 Dec 2019

Love of fixing things leads to Apprentice of the Year win

From Afternoons, 1:50 pm on 3 December 2019
Perrie Thomas, ATNZ Apprentice of the Year 2019

Perrie Thomas, ATNZ Apprentice of the Year 2019 Photo: Supplied

As the year wraps up, lots of school leavers are thinking about what to do next. When it was time for Perrie Thomas to decide on his career pathway from school, a love of fixing things lead him to engineering.

Perrie is in his second year of a fitting and machining apprenticeship at Hayes International in Rotorua, and his hardwork has seen him named the ATNZ Apprentice of the Year.